host: let's look at what senator richard lugar had to say yesterday on cnn. >> i make this suggestion, that with the three weeks of debate we have had us, we focus on the overall strategy of our country and the cost, and we ought to be on the the budget. passing the preparation built in the proper way. we may wish to break out that, we may wish to discuss higher taxes to pay for it, but we will not do that debating health care in the senate for three weeks, through all sorts of strategies and so forth. the war is terribly important, jobs and the economy is terribly important. this may be an audacious suggestion, but i would suggest we put aside the health-care debate until next year, the same way but cap-and-trade and climate change and talk now about the -- semi we put cap- and-trade and climate change, and talk about the essentials, bore a money. -- war and money. host: what is the prospect of getting anything else done, and will that take away from health care? guest: senator lugar's sentiments as pretty what support, not just among republicans, but even it ever regrets are suggest